The story of a silver -6, ...My '70 914-6 |
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The story of a silver -6, ...My '70 914-6 |
db9146 |
Apr 26 2015, 07:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 953 Joined: 21-December 04 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 3,315 Region Association: None |
The first 914 I had was a white '76 2.0L. I didn't know a lot about 914s back then (mid 80's) but I came to love that car, despite our ups and downs. Eventually I had to sell it and buy something more practical (I was buying a house and could only afford one car) but I remember reading an article in VW & Porsche magazine about a 914 conversion to a -6. That one was white as well and I started dreaming about one day having a -6.
Well, about a month ago, I was surfing another Porsche site that I don't visit much at all and just on a lark, typed in 914-6 just to see what would come up. To my surprise, I found a silver 1970 for sale near San Francisco. I finally reached the seller and started a conversation. I then reached out to the board here for a PPI and Matthepcat responded and very graciously offered to take a look for me. Well, things progressed with the seller and not wanting to let it get away, I made arrangement to skip the step 1 visual PPI that Matt offered to do and jump straight to step 2, a professional PPI with a compression check and the whole bit. A few more conversations and it was mine. There was money to wire and forms to FedEx back and forth but on my drive up to the Hershey swap meet a little over a week ago, it all came together. My wonderful wife was working out the transfer at the bank while I was driving up through Virginia. To cut to the chase, it got delivered yesterday. [attachmentid=498 632][attachmentid =498636] I know you guys especially can understand the excitement about this....I'm not bragging at all just very thankful that it has all worked out this way after dreaming about this for 30 years. Attached thumbnail(s) |
db9146 |
Apr 27 2015, 07:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 953 Joined: 21-December 04 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 3,315 Region Association: None |
Here is a pic of it before it was delivered.
Its hard to tell but this is a 225 on a 7x16, the sidewalls are ballooned out pretty good. Here the same size tire on an 8" - the sidewalls are straighter and the offset pushing them a little further out (about 1/2 inch front and rear). The tires are the same size (205s front, 225s rear) and the wheels are the same (all 16" Fuchs) but it came with 6s and 7s and I pulled from storage a set of 7s and 8s I had with tires the same size. Sorry I don't have better pictures for comparison. Its the first 914 I've had with a tailshifter transmission and I hate the shifting. I've got to figure out how to adjust it. |
bcheney |
Apr 27 2015, 08:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,341 Joined: 16-November 03 From: Orlando, FL Member No.: 1,348 Region Association: South East States |
Fantastic story and great car! Congrats on a VERY nice purchase. I love the rear flares!
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